Synopsis
One of the most closely guarded secrets of World War II was the success of American code breakers in reading the messages of the Japanese armed forces and diplomatic service. Deadly Magic is the story of OP-20-G and how it helped the Navy win the war in the Pacific—by one of the team of code breakers.Author Edward Van Der Rhoer worked at the center of the US Navy's communications intelligence operation throughout WWII. Upon graduating from high school, he studied Japanese from a Buddhist priest. Soon after the US entered the war he was recruited and ordered to Washington for duty in OP-20-G, the secret unit responsible for reading and translating intercepted messages.
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